Yellow Peril

The main issue described in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is portrayed on her awareness of how a woman is supervised and dominated by a man. Nevertheless, the social complexity of a woman’s substance should not solemnly rely on the dependent of a man. Perkins describes how particular John, the husband, was about how his wife, Jane, should follow each of her daily responsibilities very carefully, doing so every hour of every day. The underlying issue is how John’s…

Fahrenheit 451 Montag lives in a society where books aren’t allowed, but when he starts realizing things his feelings change about books and love. Clarisse a girl comes into Montag’s life and shows him a different view in love. Also, an old man, Fabor, Montag met at the park shows Montag a different view in books. Montag believed that reading books were useless and that he’s in love with mildred, but towards the end Montag learns from Clarisse and Fabor that books are more than words on paper…

When Gilman finished writing her masterpiece “The Yellow Wallpaper”, she sent the short story out to multiple publishers hoping for it to be printed. One of her major issues with trying to get her story reproduced was that critics simply did not want to publish such an appalling story. Every publisher she sent it too declined. Horace Scudder, the editor at the time for the Atlantic Monthly, wrote to her in a note saying that he would never forgive himself if he subjected others to the misery…

Not too long ago the Zika virus was making headlines and warnings were pushed to Americans traveling to tropical regions. Although this issue isn’t buzzing in the news more recently, danger has not disappeared and studies are still being conducted to answer the big question: how is the Zika virus crossing the placenta and affecting the fetus? The Zika virus can be transmitted through mosquito bites, from an infected pregnant mother to her fetus and through sexual intercourse. One thing that is…

In his story, “Let Me Sleep”—English translation by Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher— Chekhov recounts the tale of a nursemaid, Varka, who is never allowed to sleep. She is either up all night with the child or working for the family during the day. This leads to delusions and a tragic end. Ironically, for such a dark story, it is punctuated with references to light throughout. These references to light and a green lamp in particular, signal not only tonal shifts within the story, but also the…

Davie cites the term “yellow journalism,” coined from Tabloid Tales: Global Debates over Media Standards authors Sparks and Tulloch, to describe the sensationalistic form of news that was popularized in the late 1800s. The sensational tabloids in Britain share the same space as many professional journals, while America separates the two so drastically because of the common professional’s contempt for the sensational methods in many tabloids (356). The British’s method of yellow journalism…

The Yellow Wall-paper was written by, Charlotte Perkins Gilman first published in the Forerunner of October 1913. This story is about a woman who is diagnosed with “nervous depression” by her physician. The physician is a high standing doctor, John who is also her husband. Her brother is a well-known physician also of high standing and he too gives her the same diagnosis “nervous depression”. With this diagnosis she is prohibited from any work and never to touch pen and pencil again as long as…

Jarrett J. Krosoczka wrote a children’s book for lunch ladies titled “Why Lunch Ladies are Heroes” on July 2014. He spoke at a conference call TED which is an abbreviation for Technology, Entertainment, and Design to curious minds and movemation of Americans. In his speech, Krosoczka explains how the story brought much appreciation for lunch ladies for their hard work for feeding thousands of students around the United States. Not only that, but he explained how reliable and useful that school…

Yellow fever is a viral disease that has caused large epidemics in Africa and the Americas. Thirty-three countries, with a combined population of 508 million, are at risk in Africa. It can be recognized from historic texts stretching back 400 years. The infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness and death. Over the last two decades, there has been an increase in yellow fever and it is now a serious public health issue again. There is two classifications…

the room that are described are the metal bars, a bed bolted to the floor and the yellow wallpaper. All these things show how she is held back by her husband. The metal bars represent how she is held back by norms and expectations. The bed bolted to the floor shows that she is viewed as a sexual object in which she is used for sexual pleasure. What she hates the most about the room is the yellow wallpaper. The yellow colour represents disease and…